Find Out And Delete Data Google Stored About You In Its Server

Google is the biggest search engine now ruling the web. But did you know, Google is storing your private data. Yes, Google keeps tabs on a lot of data about you. How and when you surf, the search terms you use, the pages you visit. This happens when you visit them while logged into your Google Account from a Chrome browser, an Android device, or by clicking on them in Google.

Only way to avoid this problem is by accessing Google in incognito mode. It’s a good option if you know you’re going to surf something objectionable.

But always this is not a bad thing because Google uses most of these stored data to display relevant ads to you. But sometimes this ads becomes so irritative we hope to get rid off them but don’t know how to?

In this article we will help you to find out and delete data Google stored about you.

Clearing your browser history is NOT the same as clearing your Google Web & App History. When you clear your browser history, you’re only deleting the history that’s locally stored on your computer. Clearing your browser history doesn’t do anything to the data stored on Google’s servers.

Disable or Pause Google Web & App History

You can also pause Google servers from storing your search history. For that:

Again click on vertical ellipsis (⋮) and choose “Settings“.

On the “Account controls” page, there is a blue switch next to “Your searches and browsing activity”. Slide the switch to the left.

You’ll see a window asking, “Pause Web & App Activity?” Read the important information before your proceed. Then click “Pause“.

Your “Account history” page should say that your search and browsing activity is paused, and the switch should be gray.

If you want to go a little further, you can tell Google to “pause” all of the other history it logs from the other Google apps and services you use. This includes the places you go, information from your devices, and your YouTube watch history. To access these settings, click on “Show More Controls“.

Slide all the switches to the left. After you slide each switch, you will see a confirmation message asking if you would like to pause each activity. Read the important information for each item, then click “Pause” to complete the process.

Even though you delete and disable your history, you are not invisible to Google—especially if you maintain a Google account for using various Google apps and services, such as Gmail and YouTube.

The reality is that it’s pretty much impossible to be invisible to Google. But you can be prudent. Start by eliminating all Google apps and services from your daily web use.

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